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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANS HUGO cLENcK, or NOTTlNG-HILL, COUNTY or MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

HAIR-TONIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,890, dated March 5, 1889. Application filed January 2, 1889. Serial No. 295,156. (No specimens.) I Patented in England October 29, 1888, No. 15,553.

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HANS HUGO GLENCK, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at No. 3 Clarendon Road, blotting-Hill, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lotions for the Hair and Scalp, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Great Britain, No.15,553, dated October 29, 1888;) and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved lotion for the hair and scalp; and it consists in compounding together alcohol and apple-juice.

I am well aware that there is not at the present date any invention in mixing applejuice, or, for the matter of that, any fruit-essence, with alcohol, inasmuch as such mix tures are well known in pharmacy, as well as in the cider manufacture; but the object in mixing alcohol with fruit-essences in pharmacy and with apple-j nice in the manufacture of cider was to preserve the said essences and juice and to keep them sweet and fresh.

Now, according to my invention I proceed on quite a difierent basis from the one on which was based the preservative use of alcohol, and use the juice of rotten-2'. a, fully decayed-apples. This juice will, therefore, when it is in a condition proper for the purpose of my invention, be incapable, in respect of its nature and properties, of being affected by the preservative power of alcohol. The alcohol which yields the most satisfactory rethis should be of about 40 to 50 strength.

The intention and advantages of my pres-- ent invention will be gathered from the following:

First. It can make the hair grow.

Second. It can prevent the hair falling oif.

Third. It can both remove and prevent scurf, dandruff, andother analogous abnormal growths upon the scalp.

Fourth. It is capable of preserving the hair in a healthy condition, and, as a consequence of this quality, of preventing the hair sinking into that senile condition known as pie mature grayness.

Fifth. It is capable of keeping the scalp in a perfectly healthy condition in spite of the various and varying influences, either internal or external, exerted upon it, either by care, mental labor, a close and hot atmosphere, or a climate in strong contrast with that in which the particular individual whose crinicultural interests are concerned and his ancestors were born and bred.

Sixth. In addition to the properties above set forth my invention is also capable of fortifying the nerves of the head against insanitary external influences, and, therefore, of removing and preventing, for instance, such harassing ailments as headache.

The relative proportions in which the said ingredients should be mixed are as follows: apple-juice of the kind specified above, two fluid ounces; grape-alcohol, one pint.

The lotion prepared as described is applied to the scalp once a day by rubbing an ounce of itinto the scalp until it has been absorbed by the latter.

I do not confine myself to any particular strength, but may modify it in respect thereof according to the conditions of the particularcase to be treated, for it is obvious that as the causes of premature senility in respect of the hair vary so also may it be necessary to vary the composition of the preventive or curative agent; but the proportions which I have specified above are those which I find to be the best.

Any scent may be added to the lotion above described according to the fancy of either vendor or purchaser.

I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not now make any general claim to a composition of any apple-juice with any alcohol, inasmuch as I am well aware that it has been the practice to mix alcohol with fruit-juices to keep them fresh and prevent any kind of decomposition establishing itself; and, moreover, I take this opportunity of pointing out the essential difference between mixing any alcohol with pure fruit juice or essence for the purpose of keeping it fresh and sweet and a composition of the juice of rotten apples and a particular alcohol.

I claim In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my r0 1. The process of preparing a lotion for the hand this 19th day of December, 1888. hair andscalp by mixing apple-juice and al- HANS HUGO GLEN; cohol, using uice expressed from rotten ap- 5 ples and alcohol, as above set forth. Witnesses:

2. The process of preparing a lotion for the l R. A. BLAKE, hair and scalp by mixing apple-juice and al- 29 Southcmipton Buildings, London, W'. 0. 001101, using juice expressed from rot-ten ap- P. VVQOD'WARD, ples and grape-alcohol, as above set forth. I Southampton Buildings, London, W. O. 

